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Lieutenant General
They know that none of the western nations could ever host the Olympics like China does. Even the most anti CCP viewers admits that the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing is still the best.That's why they don't want China hosting the Olympics anymore...
The boat parade is different but it was like watching the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. During the London Olympics post Beijing 2008 they on purpose made it chaotic because they wanted to think they weren't coordinated automatons like the Chinese. Here they were only concerned with the TV audience because that's how it was framed like you were watching TV. In both cases it just said they weren't capable of putting on a coordinated show made for a large audience.